May 13
Jessamine County’s sixth annual 2013 Arts Star awards were divvied out last Tuesday at a ceremony at East Jessamine Middle School. The awards, which are sponsored by the Jessamine County Education Association, are given to students at each middle and high school in each arts discipline at that school. Teachers pick one student each in …
Apr 12
It was 80 degrees outside yesterday, so I’m guessing there are no more snow days coming this school year. The last day of school for Jessamine County is Friday, May 31. If any additional make-up days are needed, school would push into the first week of June. The Providence School’s graduation will be 7 p.m. …
Apr 11
Wilmore Elementary fourth-graders celebrated the past, present and future of the trees right in their backyard on Wednesday with the help of The Providence School and Confrontation Point Ministries. It was a broad sampling of the Wilmore community that turned out for the Arbor Day celebration a couple weeks early. Wilmore Mayor Harold Rainwater spoke …
Mar 27
The door is open for Jessamine County to raise the dropout age after Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear signed Senate Bill 97 last week. The bill allows local school districts to increase the compulsory attendance age for students from 16 to 18, beginning in the 2015 school year. If 55 percent of districts across the state …
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